North Star BasicLow Intermediate Reading and Writing Unit

North. Star Basic/Low Intermediate Reading and Writing Unit 1: Finding the Ideal Job Prepared by Mrs. Azza Khattab Omar English Language Institute King Abdul Aziz University

The main idea of the unit How to find the ideal job for you ( job hunting ) The traditional way of job hunting The modern way of job hunting ( What colour is your parachute? ) When you try to hunt a job, you should consider your skills, job settings, and job rewards.

Vocabulary : Ideal (adj): the most suitable / perfect Career (n): the job you have for a long time. Employment (n): work which you are paid for Employ (v): employee (n) / employer (n) Hire (v): to give someone a job Manager (n): the one in charge of a group of workers Out of work (phrase): not having a job / unemployed Resume (n): CV – your work and education history

More Vocabulary: Rewards (n): good things you get in return for work such as ( money or healthy insurance) Satisfied with (adj): to be happy about something satisfaction (n) – satisfy (v) Skill (n): ability that you learn and practise Want ads (n): advertisements for available jobs Manual (n): book, information, newspaper Expert (n) : a person who knows a lot about something

Reading one: Main idea The passage compares the traditional way to hunt a job to the modern way of Bolles ( What colour is your parachute? ) The traditional way to hunt a job : read want ads, send your resume to a lot of employers or companies, get help from a friend or a relative, go to a recruitment ( employment) agency and leave your resume.

Reading one : Main idea The modern way of Bolles : A job hunter should think of : His / Her skills ( what ability are you good at? ) Job setting ( Where do you to like to work ? what people would you like to work or deal with ? ) Job rewards ( What salary will you be satisfied with? What do you expect from the job? )

Reading two : Main idea The passage talks about how to be paid for the job of your dreams. It gives examples of three people who succeeded in doing the jobs that suited their skills. The first became a career consultant. The second became a matchmaker. The third became a skydiving teacher. The three people got their ideal jobs or their dream jobs.

Style: The sentence: An English sentence must have : a subject and a verb. Faisal is a doctor. In commands we don’t use a subject. A command starts with a verb and the subject is always “you” but it isn’t written. Open the door. A subject can be : one word or many words: They met their friends yesterday. ( one word ) Maha and Mona are friends. ( many words ) A subject cannot be repeated: Marwa she came late. ( Wrong X ) Marwa came late. ( Correct ) The first letter of the first word in an English sentence must be written in capital letter. He speaks English.

Grammar : Descriptive and Possessive Adjectives Descriptive adjectives: They describe a noun. He is smart. They can come before a noun. She is a nice girl. We use “ a / an” before adjectives if they are followed by a singular noun ( count nouns) He’s an interesting person. It’s a good news. ( Wrong X ) It’s good news. ( Correct ) We don’t use “a / an” when adjectives aren’t followed by nouns. Dina is beautiful. But ( Dina is a beautiful girl. )

Possessive adjectives: They show belonging. My job is very interesting. A noun always follows a possessive adjective. His car is new. We don’t use “ a / an / the” with possessive adjectives. It’s her book. Possessive adjectives have the same form before singular or plural nouns. Your car is new. Your cars are new. Possessive adjectives are : my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

Review exercises: Choose the correct answer : 1 - What …………………. do you think of having when you finish your studies? a) satisfaction b) ads c) career d) review 2 - The government is trying to encourage ………………. . in the private sector. a) employment b) resume c) want ads d) percent 3 - He gave the secretary his …………. before sitting for an interview. a) career b) job c) resume d) employment 4 - The …………. . job for me is to become an architect. a) wanted b) ideal c) satisfied d) interested 5 - My uncle is very upset because he is …………………. . these days. a) ideal b) rewarded c) out of work d) out of order 6 - The one who can solve this problem is the ………………of the company. a) manager b) percentage c) career d) skill

More review exercises: Choose the correct answers: 1 - Her dress is really exciting. ( Find out the possessive and the descriptive adjectives) a) dress – is b) Her – exciting c) really d) really exciting 2 - They left the room very quickly. ( What is the underlined word ? ) a) The subject b) The object c) The verb d) the preposition 3 - Choose a sentence with a plural subject and a compound verb. a) They had nice time there. b) She is living in New York these days. c) The students read and did some exercises. d) None of the above. 4 - Which of the following statements has a compound subject and a compound verb? a) They eat and drank. b) The girl and her mother went shopping yesterday evening. c) Faten and Alaa went shopping and had lunch together. d) I will meet my friend tomorrow.

More review exercises: 5 - Which of the following statements is correct ? a) She is clever student. b) They are a hardworking doctors. c) He is a skillful engineer. d) Both b and c 6 - Choose the sentence which has a descriptive adjective followed by a noun. a) I am interested in my job. b) They are clever. c) She is an important writer. d) Sarah is my friend. Best Wishes